"Jorge R. Frank" writes:

I would have preferred to see all three bids funded to a fly-off, as the
DoD often does with aircraft procurements. It would have cost the
government more up-front but would be far less likely to result in failure.
It looks like CEV may be taking this approach.

Let's hope so, especially for the crew launch/entry module.

Since the CEV appears to be a more modular vehicle, there isn't really
any reason to give all of the pieces to one contractor. You may want
a prime contractor to oversee everything, but that doesn't mean that
entire modules couldn't be subcontracted out.

Jeff
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